In the original history, Michael Blake filed for bankruptcy on December 24, 1975. He committed suicide by jumping off Blake Plaza on June 3, 1976. In a tragic case of life imitating art, Charles Rocket, who played Blake, committed suicide on October 7, 2005 at the age of 56.
After Teresa Bruckner in Another Mother - September 30, 1981 (1990) and Maggie Dawson in The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) - April 7, 1970 (1990), Michael Blake was the third person (and the first male) other than Sam who was able to see Al.
Charles Rocket played Michael Blake in this story first broadcast in 1990. Charles Rocket also starred in Dances with Wolves the same year . That movie was written by Michael G Blake.
Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843.